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UNITED STATES PATENT @rricn.

THOMAS HEAD, OF COPETOVVN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

GRAINING COMPOSITION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 321,295, dated June 30,1885.

Application filed March :2, 1885. (No specimens.) Pntrntcd in CanadaSeptember 30, 1584, No. 20,292.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Tnonns HEAD, a citi zen of the Dominion of Canada,residing at Gopetown, in the county of Ventworth and 5 Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented a new and useful composition of matter tobe used for ornamenting and decorating lightcolorcd painted wood orother material, of which the following is a specification.

My composition consists of the followingingredients, combined in theproportions stated, viz: tincture of arnica, one ounce; spontaneousfermented vinegar, sixteen ounces; white glue, six grains; pyroligneousacid, one ounce; oil of turpentine, half ounce. These ingredients are tobe mixed in the following manner: Put the arnica into the vinegar,dissolve the glue in the pyroligneous acid, mingle by agitation, andthen add the oil of turpentine.

In using the above-named composition, mix the liquid in small quantitieswith finely-powdered paint of the color desired, rub it on the paintedmaterial with a soft brush or a wad of cotton waste, or any kind of anabsorbent,

then work out your designs and impressions with india-rubher stamps ordies, or anything that will produce the desired effect, and varnish assoon as dry.

I am not aware of any patent in the United States that would in any wayconflict with this, and I believe it to be an improvement on one grantedto mein Canada, No. 20,292, dated September 30, 1884:, for fifteenyears.

\Vhat I elai m, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

The herein-described composition of mat ter, to be used by mixing withmineral and other powdered paints, for ornamenting and decoratinglight-colored painted wood or othor material, consisting of tincture ofarnica, spontaneous fermented vinegar, white glue, pyroligneous acid,and the oil of turpentine, mixed in the manner and proportionsspecified.

THOMAS HEAD.

Witnesses:

XVILLIAM P. MaLLoRY, Anion E. J ones.

